diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 21538b7..83acfa7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ configure_file(core/include/dace/config.h.in core/include/dace/config.h)
 
 # globally set the include directory for the C core headers
 include_directories("core/include")
-include_directories("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/core/include")
+include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/core/include")
 # globally set the include directory for the C++ interface headers
 include_directories("interfaces/cxx/include")
 
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ elseif(APPLE)
   set(CPACK_GENERATOR "TGZ;productbuild")
   set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "DACEDevelopmentGroup")    # no spaces allowed for packagebuild
   set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_README "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/README-MAC.rtf")
-  file(COPY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
-  file(RENAME "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/LICENSE" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/LICENSE.txt")
-  set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/LICENSE.txt")
+  file(COPY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE" DESTINATION "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
+  file(RENAME "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/LICENSE" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/LICENSE.txt")
+  set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/LICENSE.txt")
 elseif(UNIX)
   set(CPACK_GENERATOR "TGZ;DEB")
   set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE "amd64")
diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b35273..a5ebf81 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ if(WIN32)
 endif(WIN32)
 
 install(DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/core/include/ DESTINATION include/ COMPONENT headers FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/core/include/dace/config.h DESTINATION include/dace COMPONENT headers)
+install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/core/include/dace/config.h DESTINATION include/dace COMPONENT headers)